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We've had mask orders in stores here for a while, not a big deal at all (for 99% of people, anyways).

On TV there is a local ad here...It says, "It's for NOW, it's not FOREVER".

I tell people the mask is a sign of respect.  It says I won't cough on you and you won't cough on me.

On TV there is a local ad here...It says, "It's for NOW, it's not FOREVER".

We had an editorial columnist in the local newspaper say the very same thing; it's only "temporary" legislation. 

I wrote to bring his attention to the War Measures Income Tax Act of 1917. The (then) Minister of Finance explicitly stated that it was intended as "temporary" legislation for the duration of the War. (It was made permanent in 1949.) A truly shameful ignorance of history!   

Happily elections have not yet been suspended, so the electorate can still show their support (or the absence thereof) for political decisions.